Philosophy Quotes - Page 15

• Mind is locked in matter like the spirit Ariel in a cloven pine. Like Ariel, men struggle to escape the drag of the matter they inhabit, yet it is the spirit that they fear.

  Loren Eiseley

  Fear, Struggle, Men

  Loren Eiseley (2016). “The Night Country: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.121, Library of America

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• Any time and any place can be used to study: his room, a garden, is table, his bed; when alone or in company; morning and evening. His chief study will be Philosophy, that Former of good judgement and character who is privileged to be concerned with everything.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Morning, Educational, Character

  Michel de Montaigne (1991). “The essays of Michel de Montaigne”, Lane, Allen

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• The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?

  Zhuangzi

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Men

  Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, Columbia College (Columbia University) (1968). “The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu”, p.302, Columbia University Press

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• The Killer in me is the Killer in you.

  Billy Corgan

  Song, Killers

  Song: Disarm

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• Philosophy attempts, not to discover new truths about the world, but to gain a clear view of what we already know and believe about it. That depends upon attaining a more explicit grasp of the structure of our thoughts; and that in turn on discovering how to give a systematic account of the working of language, the medium in which we express our thoughts.

  Michael Dummett

  Believe, Philosophical, Views

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• As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to explaining away plain facts which obviously conflict with it.

  C. D. Broad

  Clever, Philosophical, People

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• There are lots of cases where we know more about how the world works than we do about how we know how it works. That's no paradox. Understanding the structure of galaxies is one thing, understanding how we understand the structure of galaxies is quite another. There isn't the slightest reason why the first should wait on the second and, in point of historical fact, it didn't. This bears a lot of emphasis; it turns up in philosophy practically everywhere you look.

  Jerry Fodor

  Knowledge, Waiting, Understanding

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• The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.

  Seneca the Younger

  Philosophical, Men, Brave

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Philosophical, Virtue, Reason

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• I was once a skeptic but was converted by the two missionaries on either side of my nose.

  Robert Breault

  Philosophical, Two, Noses

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• Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.

  Will Durant

  Life, Freedom, Knowledge

  Will Durant (1929). “The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny”, Garden City, N.Y. : Garden City Publishing Company

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• That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography.

  Oscar Wilde

  Real, Soul, Criticism

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.365, University of Chicago Press

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• How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?

  Bob Dylan

  Hate, Men, Sky

  Song: Blowin' In The Wind

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• This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth. I am not concerned whether you pay attention to what I say or not. I want to do a certain thing in the world and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Life, Truth

  "Truth is a pathless land". Jiddu Krishnamurti's specch at the opening day of the annual Star Camp at Ommen, Holland, www.jkrishnamurti.org. August 3, 1929.

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• You are Christians; find out what is true and false in Christianity - and you will then find out what is true. Find out what is true and false in your environment with all its oppressions and cruelties, and then you will find out what is true. Why do you want philosophies?

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Life, Christian

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti 1934-1935: What Is Right Action”, Editorial Kier

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• Our philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don't. Robust debate is good.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Business, Believe, Sometimes

  "Letterman Denounces Iraq War, Sheehan Critics". www.newsbusters.org. January 3, 2006.

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• While some might mistakenly consider value investing a mechanical tool for identifying bargains, it is actually a comprehensive investment philosophy that emphasizes the need to perform in-depth fundamental analysis, pursue long-term investment results, limit risk, and resist crowd psychology.

  Seth Klarman

  Intelligent, Long, Psychology

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• Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying.

  John Updike

  Art, Writing, History

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• There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

  Henri Bergson

  Everyday, Language, Said

  Henri Bergson (2012). “Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness”, p.264, Courier Corporation

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• Poetry is devil's wine.

  Saint Augustine

  Art, Wine, History

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• A dry soul is wisest and best.

  Heraclitus

  Soul, Dry, Wisest

  Heraclitus (1981). “The Art and Thought of Heraclitus: A New Arrangement and Translation of the Fragments with Literary and Philosophical Commentary”, p.245, Cambridge University Press

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• Modern man lives increasingly in the future and neglects the present.

  Loren Eiseley

  Life, Future, Men

  Loren Eiseley (2016). “The Night Country: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.50, Library of America

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• You think that way as you begin to get grayer and you see pretty plainly that the game is not going to end as you planned.

  Loren Eiseley

  Thinking, Games, Way

  Loren Eiseley (2016). “The Night Country: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.148, Library of America

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• Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Time, Rights, Mountain

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• Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.

  Claude Debussy

  Medicine, Effort, Perception

  "French Music: From the Death of Berlioz to the Death of Fauré". Book by Martin Cooper (p. 136), 1951; later quoted in "Debussy and Wagner", book by Robin Holloway (p. 207), 1979.

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